HANGZHOU, China-Thursday 26 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Alibaba Group and SAP today announced that SAP S/4HANA® Cloud and SAP® Cloud Platform are
now available on Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of
Alibaba Group in China. Chinese enterprises can now easily adopt SAP’s
world-leading enterprise cloud solutions on the powerful Alibaba Cloud
infrastructure. The strategic partnership between the two technology
leaders provides seamless integration of world-class SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
solutions.
Alibaba
Group and SAP also announced that they will jointly design local
solutions that meet the unique needs of Chinese enterprises to help
accelerate their digital transformation, as well as co-innovate in the
areas of Internet-of-Things, Artificial Intelligence and
enterprise-level Big Data applications.
Stefan Wagner, Global Senior Vice President, SAP,
said: "Through our close partnership with Alibaba, we are deploying SAP
S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Cloud Platform on the leading IaaS platform in
China, to help Chinese enterprises speed up their migration to the
Cloud, and spur their innovation and transformation. Delivering on our
strategy ‘in China for China’, SAP runs several co-engineering
activities with Alibaba, combining our strengths to deliver solutions
tailored to the Chinese market.”
Ken Shen, President of Global Ecosystem of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence,
said: “The integration of SAP’s world leading enterprise solution with
Alibaba Cloud’s advanced intelligent platform will bring great value to
customers, and help them to accelerate their digital transformation with
much better experience. The partnership with SAP is an important
practice for Alibaba Cloud to implement its ‘to be integrated‘ and
globalization strategy.”
SAP
S/4HANA Cloud, the digital core suite-of-choice to run a successful
business in the cloud, companies can migrate vital business processes in
a cost-effective manner, experience faster deployment and shortened
return on investment time. As an open and agile application and
integration platform, SAP Cloud Platform enables Alibaba Cloud’s
customers to extend their current business solutions, build new
applications and integrate with third-party technologies efficiently.
Chinese businesses can expect to benefit from a versatile, all-inclusive
cloud computing environment.
Alibaba
Group and SAP entered into the strategic partnership in 2016, with a
goal of jointly delivering enterprise-class cloud computing services to
companies in China. The alliance aims to accelerate the introduction and
adoption of enterprise-class cloud computing across multiple industries
to help businesses accelerate their digital transformation.
About SAP
As
the cloud company powered by SAP HANA®, SAP is the market leader in
enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in
all industries run at their best: 77% of the world’s transaction revenue
touches an SAP® system. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT),
and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers’ businesses
into intelligent enterprises. SAP helps give people and organizations
deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay
ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they
can consume our software the way they want – without disruption. Our
end-to-end suite of applications and services enables more than 437,000
business and public customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously,
and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners,
employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and
improve people’s lives. For more information, visit www.sap.com.
About Alibaba Group:
Our
mission is to make it easy to do business anywhere. We aim to build the
infrastructure of commerce. We envision that our customers will meet,
work and live at Alibaba, and that we will be a company that lasts at
least 102 years.
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Contacts
Christina Zhang, SAP, +86 1380-100-9944, christina.zhang@sap.com
Claudia Ju, Alibaba Group, +86 571 86561860, Claudia.ju@alibaba-inc.com
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